RED WING, Minn. -- Xcel Energy is awaiting word from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to proceed with an 18-month study on the future of Prairie Island nuclear plant and the economics of ...

One of the nation's top power plant contractors is alleging $45 million in unpaid cost overruns during Xcel Energy's 18-month overhaul of its Prairie Island Nuclear Power plant in Red Wing.

RED WING, Minn. — Xcel Energy confirms that its Prairie Island Nuclear Plant is operating on just one of two reactors after an incident over the weekend triggered the other to automatically shut ...

The federal government has given Xcel ... plants, at Prairie Island near Red Wing and Monticello, is critical to its transition to carbon-free electricity. The Monticello plant produces enough ...

Minnesota utility regulators on Thursday agreed that Xcel Energy Inc. needn't go ahead ... The decision to drop the power enhancement at the plant near Red Wing, Minn., threw a wrench into Xcel's ...

DENVER (KDVR) — The clock is ticking: There are less than 30 days left to buy the Zuni Steam Power Plant from Xcel Energy ...

RED WING — The city of Red Wing paid a lobbying firm $75,000 to represent its concerns during the state's current legislative session about, among other things, Xcel Energy's plan for long-term ...

Together with its counterpart near Red Wing, MN, the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Monticello provides nearly a quarter of the electricity Xcel Energy customers use in the Upper Midwest.

Xcel Energy ... Red Wing get. They asked legislators to adopt the plan into state law. “To this day, we are the closest — and I repeat, the closest — community to a nuclear power plant ...

Xcel Energy on Saturday was continuing to fix ... The company also has a nuclear plant in Red Wing. ©2025 The Minnesota Star Tribune. Visit startribune.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency ...